Hard times: Public services and the financial crisis + Lady Scotland | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/series/hard-times+politics/lady-scotland
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Interview with attorney general Baroness Scotlandhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/dec/20/justice-domestic-violence
In 2007, Baroness Scotland became the first black female attorney general. Not only that, but she was charged with restoring public confidence in a role which many saw as tainted. So, has she been a breath of fresh air?<p>The former attorney general Lord Goldsmith will be remembered for a series of controversial decisions, of which his dramatic resignation in June 2007 was the least divisive. The staunch Blairite - whose six-year tenure was blighted by his notorious advice on the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and his role in the decision to drop the investigation into alleged corrupt dealings between BAE and the Saudi government - is said to have jumped before he was pushed. Tony Blair left office and so did he. Gordon Brown came in and with him, a new attorney general.</p><p>Not only was Baroness Scotland the first woman and the first black person to fill the post since it was created in 1315, she was also the first attorney general charged with reforming the job. Under Goldsmith, the idea that it was possible to combine three potentially conflicting roles - membership of the cabinet, independent supervisor of the prosecuting authorities, and guardian of the public interest - had seemed increasingly absurd. Brown charged Scotland with restoring public confidence in the role. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/dec/20/justice-domestic-violence">Continue reading...</a>UK criminal justicePoliticsDomestic violenceSocietyWomen in politicsLady ScotlandSat, 20 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/dec/20/justice-domestic-violencePhotograph: Dan Chung/GuardianBaroness Patricia Scotland at the Home Office Photograph: Dan Chung/GuardianPhotograph: Dan Chung/GuardianBaroness Patricia Scotland at the Home Office Photograph: Dan Chung/GuardianAfua Hirsch2008-12-20T00:01:00ZSlump will bring home violencehttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/dec/20/rise-domestic-violence-recession
<p>Domestic violence will increase as the recession takes hold, the attorney general, Lady Scotland, predicts today. </p><p>"When families go through difficulties, if someone loses their job, or they have financial problems, it can escalate stress, and lead to alcohol or drug abuse, which are disinhibitors ... quite often violence can flow from that," she said in an interview with the Guardian.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/dec/20/rise-domestic-violence-recession">Continue reading...</a>Domestic violenceSocietyCrimeUK newsLady ScotlandPoliticsSat, 20 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/dec/20/rise-domestic-violence-recessionAfua Hirsch, legal affairs correspondent2008-12-20T00:01:00Z